Kiotari Bay Miraluna Hotel

Hi to all that reads this. Had an absolutely fantastic holiday in the Kiotari Bay hotel even though we were down to stay in the Miraluna village hotel.
This is one big hotel and the Miraluna village is the newest part of the hotel, we didn’t find out till the day before we leaving, but you will notice some people have bands on their wrist and some don’t.
I asked one bloke what the reason was and he said that if you’re in the Miraluna Village you should have one of these which we should have had one all week.
The only difference was up in the MV the pools were much quieter than down in the kb and more Germans up there too. And we had to keep going down stairs to the tavern bar to get drinks to take back up to the cocktail bar - where if we had of had the band on, we could of getting our drinks from the cocktail bar all week to save our poor little legs ha-ha.
Oh and the restaurant supposedly was better up the MV end but we never went up there coz we were having such a good time where we were anyway.
On the day we were leaving I did get something out of them though coz we had a late flight I told receptionist I wanted our room all day as we were supposed to be up the MV end and have a band all week and we hadn’t.
They said we could have a room till 4pm but I said no I wanted it till 8, they eventually give up and said yes. Oh and we drank in the cocktail bar getting our drinks from there too all night until our taxi came at 11pm.
Overall definitely no complaints we had a fab time and all the staff were lovely too.
Have a lovely holiday to all that goes oh and say hi to john on the watersports for me just say Tracey and Garry the Geordie expert windsurfers said areet and he will defo know who you mean.
Thanks.

We are a family of two adults and three children 8, 6, and 18months. We had a really great time at the Kiotari Bay hotel and didn't want to come back home! The only thing I can fault was the entertainment at night - It wasn't long enough! The Animation team did a good job with the shows but they finished by 10:30 the latest. They also brought some great tribute acts in such as Elvis & Blues Brothers (although they didn't really sound/resemble either they were very funny!), Drifters, Girls Aloud and Pussy Cat Dolls - Which were a big hit with my 8 years old daughter! The first Choice kids reps, Sarah, Steph & Kirsty were fantastic! Kids club went on 'til 11pm some nights where the kids could watch a movie - My 8 year old daughter and 6 year old son loved it! The mini disco was also a big hit with the kids at 8.30pm every night. All the entertainment was down in the amphitheatre...be warned, the mosquitoes hang out there so take repellent! This is the only place I got bit by mosquitoes. You may also need a cardigan some nights as the sea breeze can be a bit chilly. The food was great! Something for everyone and kids can have ice-cream all day long! There are some good trips on offer too; we went to the Greek night (watch out for Papa Ouzo!). Tsambica Beach is a nice sandy beach and you must check out the water park in Faliraki! That is a fantastic day if you love all the water chutes like us! There is something for everyone there...my 18month old daughter enjoyed it too! We booked our trips through Steve, the First Choice rep (who is lovely and couldn't be more helpful) but they do tend to return a bit early - especially when we went to the water park, we would have liked longer there. The staff at the hotel are really nice, especially Nancy on the reception desk. We were put on the 2nd floor which wasn't suitable with an 18month year old so we asked to change rooms and were given a ground floor apartment without any fuss. The complex is huge and quite hilly so not really suitable if you have problems getting around. There is a shop on site in reception but other than that the nearest shops are about a 30 minute walk away. You can get Taxi's easily and Pefkos isn't far. Hope you enjoy your holiday as much as we did!

I would totally agree with the staff being helpful especially Nansi on reception. The hotel was cleaned regularly and kept to a high standard.
However what I found most frustrating was the lack of entertainment for adults and children. In our 14 night stay we only had 4 shows at the amphitheatre and the same singer twice at the pool bar. The rest of the time we sat at the bar with no other entertainment available and drunk copious amounts of alcohol.
In the evening the only things the kids had to do was play pool , air hockey and table football all cost from 1 euro up to 1.50 euro in addition to this they could access the internet if we purchased a card which also cost around 5.50 to 7.50 Euros.
To give some idea of how much was spent the entire hotel ran out of euro's, so the kids did not even have the option of the games any longer.
The food - what can I say it's fine if you like chips and pasta. Without shadow of a doubt it gets very boring as you get tired of seeing the same old stuff. As for the burgers I totally agree they hadn’t improved when we got there, they were still cold and un-cooked.
On a better note the pools and ice cream were very nice.
The rep, I don’t think I saw him more than 4 times the whole holiday.

Really enjoyed this holiday. Hotel was nice and clean with daily maid service and towels being changed daily. The staff were really helpful and approachable.
The area in which this hotel lays was not the best if you wanted to try other bars or shops but the bus service is very reliable and runs from just outside the hotel grounds (ask reception for a timetable).
We went to Pefkos and Lindos which were both worth a visit - Pefkos had about 20 different bars and shops and Lindos was very pretty (make sure when the bus drops you off in Lindos you get a free shuttle to the shops/beach - saves on your feet!).

John who works on the water sports on the beach is English so you will have no problems with translation when you need to hire a jet ski (about 30 Euros but well worth it). Maria runs the beach bar which you have to pay for but she is lovely to talk to and speak loads of different languages.
The food here is wonderful - I counted 28 different dishes at lunch/dinner time.
Breakfast is 7am-9.30am, Lunch 12.30pm-2.30pm, dinner 6.30pm-9.00pm. Outside these times you can still eat as much as you want but there isn't a lot of choice.
The pools were lovely but take care as there are no barriers to stop young children from just walking into the deep end.
The safe costs 20 Euros a week and you don't get this money back.
All aside I think this was a great holiday for the 7 of us and I would definitely go back.

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Was extremely nervous about visiting this resort due to other reviews, but went with an open mind and didn’t really know what to expect.
We stayed in the Kiotari hotel, in a room directly facing the kid’s splash pool and pirate ship; perfect with having a 4 year old and 15 month old.
We were welcomed by the lovely reception staff, especially Nansi who was always happy to help. The difference between the reception staff and the bar staff is unreal; trying to get a smile out of them is like trying to get blood out of a stone.
The first thing that is apparent is that this resort really is catered for the Germans... all the signs around the pools were German and when ordering a drink at the bar, the staff would look at you puzzled and ask you if you spoke German?
Why would I speak German when I’m English in a Greek resort... fool!
Even the channels on the TV were German- well those that weren’t Greek- apart from one, 'BBC World'. Woohoo... :-( Not that we wanted to watch telly it was just the principle of the matter.
The Miraluna is the biggest part of the resort that is German, so I feel so sorry for you if you’re a British person up there!
People from the Kiotari Hotel were not allowed to venture onto the Miraluna side of the resort, but those from the Miraluna could quite happily wander on down to the Kiotari, which they did on a regular basis; in their Speedo’s, jumping around in the kids splash pool...not a pretty sight, especially when they’re 20 stone!
Germans aside, the resort isn't that bad. The facilities for the kids are excellent and the kid’s reps are awesome....all the kids loved them, especially 'Rockin Rae and Super Steph' who really got into everything with the kids!
There are loads of different activities at the kids club and those parents, like myself, who go and say their kids won’t be attending the kids club because 'it's a family holiday' wont not be able to let their kids go! Especially when their kids can see the club and all the fun they’re having.
The splash pool and the pirate ship can keep the kids happy for hours and is good because it’s not too deep. It is actually possible for the parents to be able to relax at the side of the pool while watching their kids rather than have to be jumping up every two minutes!
There's a good play area there as well and it is cleaned every morning; this too is next to the pirate ship so basically all the kids stuff is together. Because of this, up at the pool is very chilled. There will be a few kids but not millions running around and 'bombing' all the sunbathers. So any couples who go here can have a bit of peace during the day.
The snack bar at the pool isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be- the brochure says pool bar serving snacks but I didn’t see one item of food being served from behind there all holiday. There is a snack bar in the main area but all this is basically is all the left over’s from the meal sittings.
They do serve pizzas there but not until about half 9-10pm- which a lot of kids miss. After the ordeal that the kids went through at mealtimes there, a lot of us kept our kids up till pizza time so they could have something half decent to eat.
The restaurant is 50/50. Food for the adults is great although sometimes you do get sick of the same things being served. The food for the kids is a completely different kettle of fish. One word to sum the kid’s food up is 'appalling'! We stayed on the resort for 7 nights and 4 of these nights the kids were given burnt and dry minced chicken nuggets which were cold and cold soggy chips.
2 of the nights they had minced fish fingers, which too were cold and 1 night they had beef burgers with cheese. When the burgers came out I thought 'great' because they were proper meaty burgers.
My excitement was soon turned to disgust when I cut two of them open to find raw pink meat and bloody juices inside. It's no wonder that 5 people on our block (2 adults and 3 children) came down with a bad sickness and diarrhoea bug which one of them actually needed an injection in the backside from the doctor for!
A lot of the kids on the holiday went without at mealtimes, not through lack of want and trying by their parents, but through lack of quality food...and a hungry child is not a happy child, which is why you see so many kids sitting by the pool munching on huge packets of crisps! Not really what you want especially when you've paid so much to go All Inclusive.
The rooms are pretty standard but unbelievably clean. The maids come every day and are really nice. Our rooms was a tip but they got on with it and did what they had to do. You cannot fault the hygiene at this place, it is spotless.
Everywhere on the resort is scrubbed every day, it just was a little dangerous sometimes when you saw them rinsing down the kids electrical rides with a hose!
I wouldn’t really advise your kids going on them as most of the time they were dripping wet through!
The beach is a pebble beach so was a bit of a letdown. The nearest beach is Lindos which we didn't go to but is apparently really nice. It’s about 15 minutes away and everyone who went loved it.
The holiday was a bit of a letdown but the kids had the time of their lives...barr the food! Would I go again?.... I don’t think so, infact No.

I felt the need to add my review having read what's been written about Kiotari Bay.
My husband myself and our 2 girls spent a fantastic 2 weeks there last summer.
Yes it is a little out of the way but we hired a car and saw as much of the island as we could.
The hotel staff were lovely especially Nansi who was most helpful.
The food was a hit and miss- some days fantastic others not. Thank goodness for the 2 Italian chefs-known as 'the pasta men' by my 5yr old.
As for First Choice... Kirsty the rep was great. Very honest and very funny!!
Our girls went to the kids club and enjoyed it, the girls who run the club did a fab job and from what we saw were very popular with the children.
The room was dingy (hardly the girls fault!) but there was lots of art displays etc that had been done to cheer it up! If the hotel could decorate and put some windows in...
During our stay First choice did bring some entertainers in, and as a previous reviewer said it didn't go too well.
My husband spoke with them one evening and they had been meant to be at The Aqua Beach Club in Kos but as that didn't happen, they'd been split up and moved to other resorts.
Despite the dramas we would return to Rhodes as it is a fantastically friendly and beautiful island.

This holiday was great!
Our first impression of Kiotari Bay was great even though it was at night, we could tell that it was a fun-packed holiday!
When we arrived at our room it was spacious and neat.
I went with the family. We all noticed how clean and big the pool was and my child was always getting in there until it shut!!
All of the Animation Team welcomed us and they were great with all of the kids!
There was a mid-day game for all the family to play it was a different game every day which was fabulous!
The night entertainment was amazing! With a different theme each night! My child enjoyed each night and couldn't help smiling.
But... the next day to my father-in-law's surprise, he couldn't find his tooth brush my daughter and him was looking every were for it. Then the maid came in ready to clean the room and in her bucket was his tooth brush!
We overall had a great holiday and all thanks too the team: Roy, Jerry, Tom, Rhian, Aurel, Arthur and Rhonda!

If you think drinking out of plastic glasses chewed by children, sitting in reception all night because the all inclusive bar had the wide screen TV at one end (full blast) while at the same time music was blaring from the sound system, and they were try to entertain the kids in the same room at the same time then this is the place for you.
The bar was staffed by people ignoring the no smoking signs, and when asked about it just shrugged his shoulders. We were with a wedding party and had to watch the bride (my sister) the groom (future brother in law) the brides mother amongst other people getting stressed and worked up, on what should have been a stress free holiday.
On the second week we were moved to the other complex for food and drinks as the hotel closed for the end of season only to be greeted by Germans who made it quite clear they didn’t want anyone on their part of the complex, eating and drinking in their hotel and bar. The applause when we left on the Saturday night was very touching though. If that sort of behaviour happened at a so called top hotel in England they would be throwing the racism card in your face.
The wedding was booked 18 months in advance and yet absolutely nothing was organised, they had meetings with wedding planners who told them to organise every thing and she would get back to them. There was a total lack of communication from one part of the hotel to the other. No reception was planned the bride and her partner had to do everything.
To conclude (or I will go on all night) very dissatisfied and will never visiting the hotel again.

WOW, what a superb holiday we all had at Kiotari Bay Hotel. I went with my husband and 2 children aged 5 and 7 and they too absolutely loved it all especially the mini-disco and the outstanding performance by the 'Animation Team.'
Nanci at reception was very helpful and always willing to help. She actually directed us to an amazing beach 20 minutes drive from the complex called 'Agathea Beach', Tropical aquamarine waters and crystal clear shallow waters- breathtaking. A true must see. Ask for 'Mike' a Canadian born taxi-driver who's very helpful and intelligent about the surrounding areas.
Food was fantastic, a wide variety of different meals every morning, lunch and dinner as well as afternoon tea and cakes. My kids love pasta so this was readily available each day. The Animation team was brilliant. My kids and us all were kept entertained each night. Well done Aurel et al.... Remember us your first British Sikh Visitors- Sat Sri Akhal.
Rhodes Town too was fantastic. It had all your top high street stores such as M&S, BHS...as well as traditional Greek market stalls, hair braiding, Mehndi body art, Photo sessions. Again a must.
Our room was 5112 and was actually a fair bit away from the pool, however this was a plus point at midnight as we were away from the adult disco and the kids needed to sleep. The only thing I did miss was a kettle in our room to make some tea. I had even taken tea bags with me. The room itself was cleaned everyday and had a fridge, safe, family bathroom and TV.
On leaving the departure time was very awkward and this disrupted the kids' sleep pattern which in turn made my youngest very grumpy but we were aware of this when i booked. All the Animation team came out to say their goodbyes as it was their night off! Thanks , We all felt very sad and weepy and didn't want to go home which is a first for us, but good news is we have decided on coming back next year as we had so much fun and there's so much to see of Rhodes tat we still haven't quite explored such as the 'Peninsula' where the two great seas meet- The med and the Agean Sea one of the seven wonders of the world.

See you all soon!

The best holiday ever must I say ant more I loved it from the minute we stepped off the bus every one was so helpful and friendly would definitely recommend it to any one hopefully we will be back next year and I’m hoping the reps will still be there.
Every thing you wanted was always there with people to help you. The bar men well what else can I say they were fantastic always smiling no matter how much you ordered lovely people.
The night club was wicked no flashy lights just a nice atmosphere keeping you up until 3 in the morning what else could you ask for.
Food, the food was fantastic there was always some thing to find morning and night the fact they hade a snack bar was wicked waking up after a night out and there was a late breakfast waiting for you.
All I have to say is thank you to every one for making my two weeks the best I’ve ever had couldn’t have asked for any thing better thank you.